Catherine Ann Van Brunt (1869 - 1953)

Born 17 Oct 1869 in Neptune City, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Frank Woolley — married 5 Nov 1890 in Hamilton, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1953 at age 83 in Neptune City, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Catherine, known as Kate was born in New Jersey in 1869. She was the daughter of George (VanBrunt) Van Brunt (abt.1839-1915) and Hannah Sculthorpe (1843-1929)^[1] She married Frank Woolley (1870-1919) in 1890 in Hamilton, New Jersey.^[2] In 1894, she had a son who died young. ^[3]She had 3 living children, Earl Lloyd Woolley (1899-1963), Hazel B (Woolley) Sutts (1902-1985), and Marion L (Woolley) Warner (1913-2003). She was an honorary member of the Women's Society of Christian Services and a charter and honorary member of the Hamilton-Asbury Gardens Auxiliary to Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Neptune, New Jersey. She died in 1953 and is buried in Hamilton Cemetery, Neptune, New Jersey. ^[4]

Research notes

Married name is Woolley, but husband's family may have been Wooley.

Fitikin seems like a strange name for a hospital,but that is correct. It is now Jersey Shore Medical Center.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNDY-S9J : 19 March 2020), Catharine Van Brunt in entry for George Van Brunt, 1870.
2. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKP-3L4 : 27 August 2020), Kate Vanbrunt in entry for Frank Woolley, 1890.
3. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPL-BH8 : 26 August 2020), Kate Van Brunt in entry for Woolley, 1894.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 October 2020), memorial page for Kate Ann VanBrunt Woolley (1869–1953), Find A Grave: Memorial #10740712, citing Hamilton Cemetery, Neptune Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Myra Surprenant (contributor 47093397) .

See also:

• Van Brunt, George; Descendants of David VanBrunt
• 1880 US Census
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9NM-M1W : accessed 17 October 2020), Kate Woolley in household of Frank Woolley, Neptune Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 138, sheet 24A, family 523, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,987.